An AI agent developed by OpenAI employees mistakenly sent $250,000 worth of Meme coins to a user who claimed to urgently need funds for treating a family member's injuries and illnesses.

OpenAI employee Nik Pash posted on the X platform that his AI trading bot, Lobstar Wilde, originally intended to send a user 4 SOL tokens (approximately $4), but accidentally sent that user all of its tokens (5% of the total supply). On-chain data shows that Nik Pash, the bot's creator, had previously deposited $50,000 worth of SOL into his wallet. Due to an API response misunderstanding, the bot sent 52.439 million Lobstar tokens, worth approximately $250,000 at the time, to an X platform user who claimed to need funds for medical treatment of a family member's injuries. The recipient then sold all of these tokens, representing 5% of the total supply, making a profit of approximately $40,000. As the incident unfolded, the market value of these tokens rose to over $420,000. Currently, Lobstar Wilde is still distributing tokens worth approximately $500 to users on the X platform who complete specific tasks (such as throwing stones into a river or writing poetry). Some market participants have expressed skepticism, believing that AI agents could be used to conceal the true intentions behind fund flows and create false narratives. Market data shows that Lobstar's token market capitalization once exceeded $15 million, but has since declined. (The Block)